29.1.17

1.When it comes to placebo, studies have found that a capsule works
better than a tablet, and a syringe works better than a capsule (in terms of
how successful the placebo effect is).

2. A placebo effect can work even when the individual is aware that the
substance they are taking is a placebo.

3. Humans can live longer without food than they can without sleep.

4. Even small noises can make your pupils dilate.

5. By age 60, you will have lost half of your taste buds.

6. If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

7. Your brain and your stomach are in constant contact with each other
which is why some emotions affect our stomachs physically, especially distress.

8. Since the existence of the internet, fewer people claim to be
religious.

10. Chewing gum helps your memory to receive a higher test score.

11. The color purple or more specifically ‘lavender’ creates a soothing
effect. It is also a great color to have for your bed spreads.

12. In one of Freud’s psychosexual stages, the phallic stage, children
become interested in their own genitalia, their parents, and their friends.
Accompanied with this stage is the term ‘penis envy’, this is defined as the
female child’s realization/resentment that they do not have a penis.

13. Your Short Term Memory is an actual store in your brain, although it
has a much more limited capacity than expected- it lasts approximately 20
seconds and can process five to nine things at one time.

14. Red makes anyone more sexually attractive, but i learned that
wearing blue makes men especially more attractive to women.

15. Most human display hindsight bias, the tendency to claim that they
have predicted an outcome before the event occurred.

16. Almost 70,000 thoughts a day hit the average human mind.

17. On average it takes 66 days to form a habit.

18. If someone makes eye contact with you for 60% of a conversation
they’re bored, 80% and they’re attracted to you and 100% of the time then they
are threatening you.

19. Excessive stress can alter brain cells, structure and function.

20. Descriptive words used on questions eye witnesses are asked after
seeing an event can effect how they remember the event later on. In other words
influence what people remember.

21. The sense of falling involved in a dream actually comes from the brain
falling asleep too fast and assuming it is dying. The sensation is essentially
the brain giving itself an AED.

22. If you fake a smile, even when you’re in a bad mood, that smile will
help you feel better and therefore make you happy.

23. Men are attracted to women with clear skin, bright big eyes, rosy
lips, and lustrous hair because they are indicators of health and an optimal
partner for reproduction.

24. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not just being a germiphobe. The
disorder is obsessive unwanted thoughts and associations of unconnected events.

25. When you yawn and someone else yawns right after it means they were
watching you and\or are attracted to you.

26. It is a myth that humans can only use 10% of their brain at
any given point. We can actually utilize somewhere around 35% at once.

27. When focusing hard on a task, the human brain will completely block
out other things going on, even if it’s right in front of them. It’s called
selective attention.

28. Brains in some individuals produce more chemicals compared to
others; this is why some people are considered more emotional than others.

29. Intelligence is partially based on genetics.

30. Though the placebo effect may trick people into thinking they are
becoming healthier, it can also harm them in the sense that once they begin
taking medications for things that don’t need it, they develop a resistance to
that medication so that when they need it, it no longer works.

31. According Furnham & Chamoro-Premuzic (2004), certain personality
traits can be significant predictors of a person’s academic average. In fact,
conscientious introverts who are not very open minded tend to have an higher
average in stats than others.

32. Our reflex reactions aren’t controlled by the brain but by the
spinal cord. Nerves that run up and down the spine control what the body does
when in need of an instantaneous, lightning fast action like pulling away from
something too hot.

33. Smells of family members are similar. This is why the average person
does not find family members to be attractive; it’s nature’s way of decreasing
genetic mutations.

34. Besides being sexually appealing, red is also an aggressive color
that causes people to appear more intimidating.

35. There is no sense of pain within the brain itself. This fact allows
neurosurgeons to probe areas of the brain while the patient is awake. Feedback
from the patient during these probes is useful for identifying important
regions, such as those for speech, that are spared if possible.

10.1.17

People change and they always disappoint. Never put anyone on a
pedestal.

2. Not taking better care of
your teeth.

A little bit of maintenance every day prevents a ton of maintenance down
the road.

3. Not wearing sunscreen.

You don’t want to look like a worn leather bag when you are older.

4. Drinking and driving.

It’s a stupid and selfish decision that will cost you and others.

5. Not apologizing.

Arguments happen, but don’t let them ruin lifelong friendships.

6. Charging that big purchase
to your credit card.

You tell yourself you can pay it off in three months, but then another
purchase happens, and then another. Then your car suddenly has engine trouble.
Suddenly, you are in so much debt you don’t know what to do.

7. Smoking that first
cigarette.

Once you start, you cannot stop until it is too late.

8. Not taking a chance.

Ask that girl out. Apply for that job you think you are underqualified
for.

9. Forcing a long distance
relationship.

You could be spending a lot of time waiting for someone who is ready to
move on.

10. Rushing marriage.

You’re young, everything is fun, and marriage seems like the next
logical step. Take a step back and wait. Marriage will always be an option, and
divorce is a process you don’t want to experience.

3.1.17

That guy or girl isn’t too busy to answer your text. That employer isn’t
too busy to answer your email. If you’re not hearing back from someone, it’s
because they have deliberately chosen not to answer you. And the sooner you
stop making excuses for the people who don’t make you a priority, the sooner
you can move on to the people and situations that do.

2. Everyone has his or her own best interests at heart.

No matter how genuine, kindhearted or caring a particular person is,
they’re always going to be more aware of their own needs than they are of
yours. Even the most attentive lover may not realize they’re pushing your
buttons if you never tell them they’re doing so. Even the most honest employer
may not be aware that they’re working you into the ground if you just keep
accepting more work.

Unfortunately, other people are going to be aware that they’re
stretching your limits, but will nonetheless push you unless and until they
encounter resistance. Most people are going to take as much from you as you let
them get away with – which means it’s up to you to define and uphold your own
boundaries. The most powerful people aren’t afraid to say ‘No,’ to what they
don’t want to do – because they know that nobody’s going to stick up for them
if they don’t stick up for themselves.

3. You are never going to please everybody.

If you actually listened to what every single person wanted from you,
you’d end up a lifeless, shapeless, emotionless blob. And then someone would
come along and tell you to be more interesting.

The truth is, it’s impossible to please everybody. There will always be
someone who’s offended by the most traditional life path or bored by the most
radical one. You’re going to be criticized no matter what you do, so you might
as well do what you love. Because if there’s anyone whose judgment you should
listen to, it’s your own.

4. The world owes you absolutely nothing.You may be the coolest, kindest, smartest, most interesting person in the
world, but if you’re not putting any of those traits to work, you’re entitled
to absolutely nothing in exchange for possessing them.

Truly powerful people know that there are two basic choices: You can
spend your entire life feeling sorry for yourself because you deserve more than
you’re getting, or you can go out into the world and actually claim what’s
yours. Guess which choice the more successful people tend to opt for?

5. The prize for arguing on behalf of your restrictions is getting to
keep them.

You can spend your entire life loudly declaring to others that you don’t
have the time, money, energy or resources to accomplish the things you actually
want. And all of what you claim may be true – but the harsh truth is, every
single person on the planet has at least one damn good excuse for not pursuing
the life they want.

The difference between the people who get what they want out of life and
those who don’t is that the people who get what they want ignore their excuses.
They find a way around their limitations, instead of just bitching about them,
and that is the very reason why they succeed.

6. Your actions define you, not your thoughts.

You can sit indoors all day conceptualizing a better world, but until
you get out there and start implementing change, you’re not actually making a
difference. Good intention is a wonderful thing but unless it’s coupled with
action, it counts for nothing. At the end of the day, your character is
determined by what you do, not by what you think about.

7. Nobody is coming to save you from your life.

We all want to believe that the person of our dreams, the job
opportunity of a lifetime or the surprise that we never expected is waiting
around the corner for us. When we’re unhappy with where we are, we irrationally
hope that a drastic change in circumstance will come along and save us from our
misery.

But the truth of the matter is, life doesn’t work that way. Nobody’s
heading your way on a white horse and if you want to see change in your life,
you have to create it from the ground up.

This is what the most powerful people know. When times get tough, the
strongest people strap on their own armor, mount that white horse and come to
their own rescue. Because they know that if anyone is going to save their day,
it’s going to have to be them.